Samantaral

Samantaral (transl. Parallel) is a 2017 Indian Bengali-language psychological drama film, directed by Partha Chakraborty and starring Parambrata Chatterjee and Riddhi Sen.[1][2] It was nominated at the 2018 Filmfare Awards for Best Film (Critics). Chaterjee received nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Popular and Critics Award for Best Actor (Male).[3]

Samantaral
Directed byPartho Chakraborty
Produced byTarak Nath Saha
Screenplay byPadmanabha Dasgupta
StarringParambrata Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee
Riddhi Sen
Surangana Bandyopadhyay
Aparajita Adhya
Tanusree Chakraborty
Music byIndraadip Dasgupta
CinematographySupriyo Dutta
Edited bySujoy Dutta Ray
Release date
  • 24 November 2017 (2017-11-24)
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali

Plot

Arko ( Riddhi Sen ) returns to his 'mamarbari' (maternal uncles' house) to meet his extended family. Over there, he meets his second uncle Sujan (Parambrata Chatterjee) who is always locked in a room because of his presumed mental illness. Arko takes permission from his grandfather (Soumitra Chatterjee) to allow him to take Sujan out of the house for some time, much to the chagrin of his other uncles (Kushal Chakraborty and Anindya Banerjee) and aunt (Tanusree Chakraborty). As Arko sees his uncle more closely, he realizes that something very wrong has happened to him and the family is hiding a secret. Finally it has been revealed that uncle Sujan is transgender and the family has always wanted to keep this identity shut from outside world. Uncle Sujan commits suicide at the end and donates his eyes to his abusive younger brother (Anindya Banerjee).[4][5][6]

Cast

References
  1. Chakraborty, Shamayita (29 March 2018). "Samantaral Movie Review". The Times or India. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. Sarkar, Roushni. "As long as film is communicable to people, it is commercial: Riddhi Sen". Cinestaan. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. "Nominations for the Jio Filmfare Awards (East) 2018". filmfare.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. Chattopadhyay, Bhaskar (6 December 2017). "Samantaral movie review: Parambrata Chatterjee steals the show in poignant drama". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. "PARALLEL REALITY". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. প্রামাণিক, রেশমী. "মুভি রিভিউ: এত তাল কাটাকাটি নিয়েও 'সমান্তরাল'!". anandabazar.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  7. ""সমান্তরাল" নিয়ে কথা বললেন সায়ন্তনি গুহঠাকুরতা". What's New Life. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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